They’ll use the same pattern on EVERYTHING, so that the entire area becomes a “Toile” room.

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Toile’s history started with trade.

Back in the 17th century, fabrics brought back from India -- printed in vivid, bold colors -- were taking over the market in France and Europe. King Louis XIV feared these textiles would destroy the French fabric industry and decided to ban the Indian fabrics from the country. But, because its demand remained so high, he established a factory in Joue, France to print cloth that was similar to the imported goods.

And Toile de Jouy was born.

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Early demand for printed cotton was feverish, and the factory in Jouy-en-Josas grew quickly. By 1805, the factory employed 1,322 workers.

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It is important to state that ‘Toile de Jouy’ has a double meaning. The term not only evokes the fabrics created at the Jouy-en-Josas factory, but also, by extension, fabrics with similar monochrome designs depicting country scenes printed in other factories.

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Here in America, the style has long been associated our revolutionary period, and it spikes in popularity whenever that era does. Thus in the 1930s, with the opening of Colonial Williamsburg, and also with the bicentennial in 1976.

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